Python if statement doesn't work as expected

Question

I currently have the code:

fleechance = random.randrange(1,5)
print fleechance
if fleechance == 1 or 2:
    print \"You failed to run away!\"
elif fleechance         


        

Answer 1

The way you wrote your if statements is wrong. You tell python to check if fleechance equals 1 is true or if 2 is true. A non-zero integer always means true in a condition. You should wrote :

fleechance = random.randrange(1,5)
print fleechance
if fleechance == 1 or fleechance == 2:
    print "You failed to run away!"
elif fleechance == 4 or fleechance == 3:
    print "You got away safely!"